The City of Clarendon will hold a town hall meeting to discuss funding for two community projects following last Thursday’s regular city council meeting.
The town hall will be held Thursday, June 29, at the Bairfield Activity Center at 6:30 p.m. and will focus on the city’s proposed water recreation project and also discuss the Mulkey Theatre project.
City aldermen called for the public forum following recent actions by the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation Board and the Water Recreation Steering Committee.
During a called meeting on May 22, the CEDC Board voted unanimously to recommend borrowing money to finish the Mulkey project and to help fund the water recreation project. The loan would be paid for by the half-cent EDC sales tax that is already being collected. The EDC board also discussed the financing option again on June 5.
On June 6, the Water Recreation Steering Committee met and discussed the financing option and voted unanimously to recommend that the city council approve borrowing $500,000 for the pool project to be paid for with EDC sales tax funds.
City Administrator David Dockery said borrowing the money will move these projects forward but that the city wants residents to be informed and have a chance to comment on the plan.
“The city is committed to providing every opportunity for our citizens that we can afford,” Dockery said. “We also want to ensure that their voices are heard.”
If the city pursues the financing under consideration, the Mulkey project would likely be completed in 2018. Completion of the water recreation project would follow several months later after pending grant applications are determined.
In other city business last week, Alderman Larry Jeffers was reappointed as Clarendon’s Mayor Pro-Tem, and the council closed a platted but undeveloped street running through the site of the proposed new Allsup’s store.
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